Good Morning Mainesail,
I know you don't do any DIY long range consulting anymore on lithium battery banks but this is more of a philosophic question and I guess applies to any type of battery bank.
In your article on LiFePo4 batteries you wrote the following:
Curious on your thoughts in that application.
Thanks,
Jesse
I know you don't do any DIY long range consulting anymore on lithium battery banks but this is more of a philosophic question and I guess applies to any type of battery bank.
In your article on LiFePo4 batteries you wrote the following:
Now this argument makes sense for a typical weekend boater. But what about a cruiser. I am not thinking about the getting me into harbor (I plan to have a reserve lead acid battery for that). But if I am in say the San Blas Islands in Panama where there is nothing around, I could take the time at anchor to reconfigure and re-balance the bank.There are many ways to configure LiFePO4 Cells in series or in parallel/series. When possible I tend to prefer the simplicity of a 4S configuration if that cell size works for the desired Ah capacity. 4S requires less overall connections and less work when doing cell balancing. Some would argue that if a cell is ruined with a 2P4S bank you could re-wire it and use the remaining cells. At sea? Really? Sure I suppose it is possible but I much prefer the simplicity of a redundant lead acid reserve bank and taking the LFP off-line while addressing a potential issue. Rewiring & re-balancing an LFP bank at sea is not a task you’d ideally want to perform.
Curious on your thoughts in that application.
Thanks,
Jesse
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